Dana Elaine Owens, who grew up to be Queen Latifah, was born March 18, 1970 in Newark>, New Jersey. She is a singer and songwriter, a model, and an actress. She was raised in East Orange, New Jersey. In 1995, she was the victim of a carjacking which resulted in the nonfatal shooting of her then-boyfriend. In 2002, she was arrested in Los Angeles for DUI and was convicted and put on probation.